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I don’t know the epigenetics. IfEEF and WHG were dark, how come European became white? As far as I know, theywere interbreeding , hence, whole European got 2 light skin genes around 5,000BC.
Even if Bulgarian(EEF 72%), greek(79%), and Albanian(78%) are still dark, was it possible for the EEF to have light skin?
Or is it possible 2 light skin genes to be inactivated while EEF were living in sunburnt Middle East?
My question is : The EEF entered with light skin gene SLC 25/45. But I think they were not light skinned, considering the fact that Bulgarian(EEF 72%), greek(79%), and Albanian(78%) are still dark. I mean even if they had two light skin genes, they looked like dark skinned people at that time.
If they were light skinned, I think modern greek would be pink-white skinned.
Greeks, Bulgarians, Albanians are not 70%+ EEF. Their "CHG"(Ancient Caucasus Mountains) and other West Asian ancestors raise their EEF score. In reality maybe something like 40-50% of their ancestry is from actual EEFs and another 30% from other Ancient West Asians.
Both EEF/WHG(Mixture of EEF and WHG, took up most of Europe in 4000-3000 BC) and "Steppe"(Russia, Ukraine in 4000-3000 BC) were swarthy. Some certainly were Pale, but I think it was a minority. Probably what happened is after "Steppe" and "EEF/WHG" mixed, Light skin became the norm. That's what ancient DNA suggests. Light skin mutations more than tripled in frequency between 3000 and 2800 BC after EEF/WHG and Steppe mixed.
Do you understand natural selection and evolution in general?Thank you for information.
I think light skin gene is recessive.
First interbreeding between dark WHG and EEF with the recessive light skin genes; outcome: dark skinned.
Second crushing by warlord swarthy ANE; outcome: dark. Ar that time European gene was dramatically changed by this Yamna.
Was there any slight chance to be light skinned?
I think the ancient german would be first white skinned people living in scandinavia area, b/c they did not marry foreign people for a long time.
Even if Bulgarian(EEF 72%), greek(79%), and Albanian(78%) are still dark, was it possible for the EEF to have light skin?
Or is it possible 2 light skin genes to be inactivated while EEF were living in sunburnt Middle East?
White people must have come from Mars. One day they just showed up on Earth. That's it!I think it’s not natural selection, b/c EEFarmer in sunburnt middle East entered the Europe with 2 skin gene. right?
Second crushing by warlord swarthy ANE
Still not answered is where did both of them get it? I have proposed that it was the Caucasus region as it could have spread in both directions from there, but Satsurbia and Kotias were ancestral for SLC42A5. I guess it's possible that the source was around there but later in time?
but Satsurbia and Kotias were ancestral for SLC42A5.
It was not ANE which expanded to Europe, but other groups - with just partial ANE ancestry.
Corded Ware and Bell Beaker populations were significantly lighter-skinned than EEF farmers.
Already Russian EHG and also Yamnaya (Bronze Age Steppe) were lighter-skinned than EEF.
Check this data here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...14foBoaVGsOKZBmmHJoKz0HB0/edit#gid=1800275085
Russian EHG, Corded Ware and Bell Beakers were lighter than Yamnaya and than EEF.
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